cosmorama Meaning, Definition & Usage

Cos`mo*ra"ma noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. the world + a sight, spectacle, fr. to see.
Definitions
  1. An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.

Webster 1913